Birmingham Small Business.com

Courtesy of John Jantsch at DuctTapeMarketing:
John Jantsch, who produceds the Duct Tape Marketing empire, has put out an impressively comprehensive guide on social media (think Facebook, blogs, RSS, etc) for small businesses. It’s officially titled “Let’s Talk: Social Media for Small Businesses“
Besides being simple and informative, it’s FREE. That’s right, just visit this LINK to […]

Courtesy of Business Know How:

The realization you’re in the wrong career does not hit like a lightening bolt. Rather, it festers within you for a long time, slowly worming its way into your consciousness, until one day you realize you’ve known it all along.
It’s romantic to think the heavens will offer up […]

Intuit, together with the Institute for the Future, has produced a group of reports that examines significant trends affecting small business and what effect these trends will have on the small business market over the next decade.
For more information and to view the reports, click HERE…
While we’re on the subject of Boomer Entrepreneurs, I figured […]

Courtesy of Small Biz Trends:
1. You want what you are doing to make a difference in the world.
2. You like living life on your own terms.
3. You are not easily defeated. Where others see failure, you see opportunity.
4. You are a creative and innovative thinker.
5. You are a calculated risk-taker. Fear tempers you, not stop […]

Courtesy of Springwise.com:
1. Pay-what-you-want restaurants (Austria, Australia & United States)
2. Craigslist meets YouTube—online video classifieds (United States)
3. Soft drinks for the undecided (Singapore)
4. A Blind Call—accidental charity (Belgium)
5. Customized daily vitamin packs (United States)
6. Motorcycle taxis rescue stranded business travelers (The Netherlands)
7. A bank run for and by street kids (India)
8. Free photocopies for […]

Courtesy of Entrepreneur.com:
Are you thinking about taking your business global or want to know how India and China are going to affect the marketplace in the future? Whether you’re entrenched in the global economy or merely want to familiarize yourself with recent developments, these recent releases will help you take your knowledge to the next […]

For all aspiring and practicing entrepreneurs out there, there is now a quiz where you can learn a little more about entrepreneurship in America. It may not change your life, however you are likely to at least learn one tidbit of information you didn’t know. If nothing else, quizzes are always fun, right?
To take the […]

Courtesy of Business Week:
1. Company Overview
The Goal: A few concise and compelling sentences describing your company’s purpose/goal.
The Mistake: More often than not, the company’s purpose/objective is vague, common, not compelling. I stop reading here.
2. Pain
The Goal: Identify the specific market pain you will reduce or remove. At the same time, explain why your product or […]